Challenge 93: The Colour Purple

Host: Pat Findlay

Title: The Colour Purple

Theme: Exploring colour theory

Technique: Use of the Colour Wheel

Due date: May 31, 2014

Did you know that purple was the colour chosen to represent the Suffragette Movement?  Or that Feminism adopted purple, as a theme colour, in honour of that association? 

The challenge will be to create a piece that uses the colour purple in a symbolic way. 

Technique:  use the colour wheel to create a specific colour arrangement,( i.e.complementary. analogous, split complement etc.) one  that must  include the colour purple.  Tell us a bit of how you decided which colours to use, and how the symbolism associated with the colour purple influenced your choice.

Resources:

Symbolism and psychology surrounding the colour purple. Everything  you ever wanted to know about the colour purple, and more:  http://tinyurl.com/FFFC93-1 or  http://www.sensationalcolor.com/color-meaning/color-meaning-symbolism-psychology/all-about-the-color-purple-4329#.UrObEPRDsw4         

The Color Purple: Understand Its Hidden Meaning for Art & Design: http://tinyurl.com/FFFC93-2 or www.finearttips.com/2010/09the-color-purple-understand-its-hidden-meaning-for-art-design

A quick reference of the use of purple in fashion and art since the Renaissance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/purple#the_middle_ages_and-the-renaissance 

Symbolism associated with the colour purple:  www.colormatters.com/purple 

How to use a colour wheel: http://tinyurl.com/FFFC93-3 or tympanus.net/codrops/2012/02/28/principles-of-color-and-the-color-wheel

The Many Meanings of Violet / Purple: http://www.color-wheel-artist.com/meanings-of-violet.html

Examples of purple in art work:

Monet: http://tinyurl.com/FFFC93-4 or http://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-pathway-in-monets-garden-giverny-claude-monet.html

The Purple Cat -- quilted art work: http://stegart.blogspot.com/2010/07/purple-cat.html

Quilts and Color: http://tinyurl.com/FFFC93-5 or http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/quilts-and-color?gclid=COWzj_nuv74CFdF9OgodsSYAOA

And one more thing: have fun with this! :)